Rice and products — Food in Africa
Africa: Rice and products — Food was 55,103 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Rice and products — Food in Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, rice and products — food in Africa stood at 55,103 1000 t. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.2% on the previous year and up 39.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice and products — food in Africa peaked at 55,103 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 35,438 1000 t, in 2010.
Africa ranks 6th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Rice and products — Food in Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 35,438 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 37,377 1000 t | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 39,285 1000 t | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 39,616 1000 t | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 39,876 1000 t | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 42,274 1000 t | +6.0% |
| 2016 | 43,098 1000 t | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 45,007 1000 t | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 45,968 1000 t | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 47,636 1000 t | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 48,618 1000 t | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 51,165 1000 t | +5.2% |
| 2022 | 52,860 1000 t | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 55,103 1000 t | +4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 41,558 1000 t | 35,438 1000 t | 47,636 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 51,936 1000 t | 48,618 1000 t | 55,103 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Africa
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Frequently asked questions
- What is rice and products — food in Africa?
- Rice and products — food in Africa was 55,103 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice and products — food recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 55,103 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest rice and products — food recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 35,438 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Africa rank for rice and products — food?
- Africa ranks 6th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is rice and products — food rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Rice and products — Food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.